Psalms 129:1-7

1 They have treated me badly all my life. (Let Israel repeat this.)

2 They have treated me badly all my life, but they have not defeated me.

3 Like farmers plowing, they plowed over my back, making long wounds.

4 But the Lord does what is right; he has set me free from those wicked people.

5 Let those who hate Jerusalem be turned back in shame.

6 Let them be like the grass on the roof that dries up before it has grown.

7 There is not enough of it to fill a hand or to make into a bundle to fill one's arms.

Psalms 129:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 129

\\<>\\. This psalm was written in later times, after many of the distresses of Israel; very probably upon the Jews return from the Babylonish captivity, by Ezra, or some other godly person. Aben Ezra says the psalmist speaks in the language of Israel in captivity; and the same is the sense of Kimchi and Arama. The Syriac inscription is, ``a psalm without a name, concerning the distress of the people; but as to us, it intimates to us the victory and triumph of the worshippers.''